PROGRAM COMPONENTS

4 different units per grade level. Units can be purchased separately or together.

For Students

 Student module, available in print format For Teachers

 Teacher’s resource guide available in 2 options:

- Print format + 7-year digital access

- 7-year digital access only

• Digital class set of 30 student modules, with or without teacher’s guide (1-year access)

• Audio CD

TEACHER’S RESOURCE GUIDE

 A practical introduction to the pedagogy behind the resource

 Overviews for long-range and short-term planning

 Detailed teaching and learning cycles and structured lessons

 Helpful tips and suggestions

 A wide selection of modifiable line masters

MYCECZONE

 BLMs include activity sheets, graphic organizers, anchor charts, assessment and evaluation tools

 A CEFR-based student portfolio

 7-year online access to the resources including interactive e-books with embedded BLMs, audio, video, and interactive whiteboard activities

Discover our teaching and learning technology and wire your FSL classroom for success! (See pages 2 and 3 for more information.)

J’ACHÈTE... OU PAS ?

This unit focuses on consumerism and the influence of advertising on our lives. Students choose a pastime that appeals to them and use the modelling in the module to guide their activities. They discuss their needs and wants in terms of their chosen pastime and consider the materials they need to purchase. They learn about ways students their age might make money to make their purchases and the importance of budgeting.

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

Students learn how to be responsible consumers. They learn how to prepare a budget to make purchases for their hobby and come to understand the importance of finding part-time jobs to help pay for their pastimes.

CULTURAL REGION

Students increase their knowledge of Haiti in this unit.

FINAL TASK

Students choose a pastime and make a list of items required to enjoy their new hobby. They prepare an oral or a written presentation to showcase their hobbies, their needs and wants, their budgets and the part-time jobs they might choose to help fund their expenses.

Boomerang 4 – Vive les sports !

Sur Mon Cran

This unit focuses on the screens in our lives. Students are exposed to electronic invitations, texting, and geocaching. They learn how to write a review of something they might have seen or heard on a screen, like a song, a video, or a movie. Following step-by-step models, students learn how to identify and describe the main elements of their review. Finally, they assign an appropriate number of stars to the production.

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

Students think critically about how screen content can not only entertain but also harm them.

CULTURAL REGION

Students learn about geocaching in Martinique, a tourist activity that helps visitors discover this Caribbean island.

FINAL TASK

Students write a review of a song, a video, or a movie. They present it orally through a webcast or in writing to the class and the teacher.

Boomerang 4 – Le cinéma